The driving force for using powder metallurgy(PM)mostly relies on its near net-shape ability and cost-performance ratio.The automotive application is a main market of PM industry,requiring parts with competitive mecha...The driving force for using powder metallurgy(PM)mostly relies on its near net-shape ability and cost-performance ratio.The automotive application is a main market of PM industry,requiring parts with competitive mechanical or functional performance in a mass production scale.As the automobile technology transforms from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles to new energy vehicles,PM technology is undergoing significant changes in manufacturing and materials development.This review outlines the challenges and opportunities generated by the changes in the automotive technology for PM.Low-cost,high-performance and light-weight are critical aspects for future PM materials development.Therefore,the studies on PM lean-alloyed steel,aluminum alloys,and titanium alloy materials were reviewed.In addition,PM soft magnetic composite applied to new energy vehicles was discussed.Then new opportunities for advanced processing,such as metal injection molding(MIM)and additive manufacturing(AM),in automotive industry were stated.In general,the change in automotive industry raises sufficient development space for PM.While,emerging technologies require more preeminent PM materials.Iron-based parts are still the main PM products due to their mechanical performance and low cost.MIM will occupy the growing market of highly flexible and complex parts.AM opens a door for fast prototyping,great flexibility and customizing at low cost,driving weight and assembling reduction.展开更多
Massive vanadium additions as hard phases in powder metallurgy high-speed steels(PM HSS)lead to higher cost and bad machinability.In this study,ultrahigh alloy PM HSS with CPM121(10W-5Mo-4Cr-10V-9Co,wt.%)as the basic ...Massive vanadium additions as hard phases in powder metallurgy high-speed steels(PM HSS)lead to higher cost and bad machinability.In this study,ultrahigh alloy PM HSS with CPM121(10W-5Mo-4Cr-10V-9Co,wt.%)as the basic composition,was directly compacted and activation sintered with near-full density(>99.0%)using pre-oxidized and ball-mixed element and carbide powders.Niobium-alloyed steels(w(V)+w(Nb)=10 wt.%)show higher hardness and wear resistance,superior secondary-hardening ability and temper resistance.But excess niobium addition(>5 wt.%)leads to coarsened carbides and deteriorated toughness.EPMA results proved that niobium tends to distribute in MC carbides and forces element W to form M6C and WC carbides.Further,the role of rotary forging on properties of niobium-alloyed steels(S3)was researched.After rotary forging with deformation of 40%,the bending strength and fracture toughness of niobium-alloyed steels could be further improved by 20.74%and 43.86%compared with those of sample S3 without rotary forging,respectively.展开更多
Metal matrix composites tiles based on Ti-6Al-4V(Ti64)alloy,reinforced with 10,20,and 40(vol%)of either TiC or TiB particles were made using press-and-sinter blended elemental powder metallurgy(BEPM)and then bonded to...Metal matrix composites tiles based on Ti-6Al-4V(Ti64)alloy,reinforced with 10,20,and 40(vol%)of either TiC or TiB particles were made using press-and-sinter blended elemental powder metallurgy(BEPM)and then bonded together into 3-layer laminated plates using hot isostatic pressing(HIP).The laminates were ballistically tested and demonstrated superior performance.The microstructure and properties of the laminates were analyzed to determine the effect of the BEPM and HIP processing on the ballistic properties of the layered plates.The effect of porosity in sintered composites on further diffusion bonding of the plates during HIP is analyzed to understand the bonding features at the interfaces between different adjacent layers in the laminate.Exceptional ballistic performance of fabricated structures was explained by a significant reduction in the residual porosity of the BEPM products by their additional processing using HIP,which provides an unprecedented increase in the hardness of the layered composites.It is argued that the combination of the used two technologies,BEPM and HIP is principally complimentary for the materials in question with the abilities to solve the essential problems of each used individually.展开更多
Die wall lubrication was applied on warm compaction powder metallurgy in hope to reduce the concentration level of the admixed lubricant since lubricant is harmful to the mechanical property of the sintered materials....Die wall lubrication was applied on warm compaction powder metallurgy in hope to reduce the concentration level of the admixed lubricant since lubricant is harmful to the mechanical property of the sintered materials. Iron-based samples were prepared by die wall lubricated warm compaction at 135 ℃ and 175 ℃, using polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) emulsion as die wall lubricant. A compacting pressure of 700 MPa and 550 MPa were used. The admixed lubricant concentration ranging from 0 to 0.6 wt.% was used in this study. Compared with non-die wall lubricated samples, the die wall lubricated samples have higher green densities. Results show that in addition to the decrease in ejection forces, green density of the compacts increased linearly with the decrease in admixed lubricant content. Mechanical property of the sintered compacts increase sharply when the admixed lubricant concentration reduced to 0.125 wt.% or less. Ejection force data indicated that samples with die wall lubrication show lower ejection forces when compared with samples without die wall lubrication. No scoring was observed in all experiments even for samples contain no admixed lubricant. Our results indicated that under experimental condition used in this study, no matter at which compaction pressure, compaction temperature, graphite and lubricant contents in the powder the die wall lubricated warm compaction would give the highest green density and lowest ejection force. It can be concluded that combination of die wall lubrication and warm compaction can provide P/M products with higher density and better quality. It is a feasible way to produce high performance P/M parts if suitable die wall lubrication system was applied.展开更多
In this work,a novel ultrahigh-strength Al-10Zn-3.5Mg-1.5Cu alloy was fabricated by powder metallurgy followed by hot extrusion.Investigations on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of the fabricated s...In this work,a novel ultrahigh-strength Al-10Zn-3.5Mg-1.5Cu alloy was fabricated by powder metallurgy followed by hot extrusion.Investigations on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of the fabricated samples were carried out.The results show that the grain size of sintered samples matches with the powder particles after ball milling.The relative densities of sintered and hot extruded samples reach 99.1%and 100%,respectively.Owing to the comprehensive mechanism of grain refinement,aging and dispersion strengthening,the ultimate tensile strength,yield strength and elongation of the Al-10Zn-3.5Mg-1.5Cu alloy after hot extrusion and subsequent heat treatment achieve 810 MPa,770 MPa and 8%,respectively.展开更多
In this study,non-equiatomic Fe_(70)Co_(7.5)Cr_(7.5)Ni_(7.5)V_(7.5) medium-entropy alloys(MEAs)with different carbon contents were prepared via mechanical ball-milling,cold pressing and vacuum sintering.The microstruc...In this study,non-equiatomic Fe_(70)Co_(7.5)Cr_(7.5)Ni_(7.5)V_(7.5) medium-entropy alloys(MEAs)with different carbon contents were prepared via mechanical ball-milling,cold pressing and vacuum sintering.The microstructural evolution,mechanical properties and wear resistance of the MEAs were investigated.Fe_(70)Co_(7.5)Cr_(7.5)Ni_(7.5)V_(7.5) exhibited a bodycentered cubic(bcc)structure withσphase precipitation.After adding 4 at%and 8 at%carbon,the phase composition of the alloys was transformed to bcc+MC+σand bcc+MC+M_(23)C_(6),respectively.The mechanical properties and wear resistance were observed to be significantly enhanced by the formation of carbides.Increasing the carbon content,the corresponding bending strength and hardness increased from 1520 to 3245 MPa and HRC 57.2 to HRC 61.4,respectively.Further,the dominant wear mechanism changed from the adhesion wear to the abrasion wear.Owing to the evenly distributed carbides and precipitated nanocarbides,Fe_(64.4)Co_(6.9)Cr_(6.9)Ni_(6.9)V_(6.9)C_(8) revealed an extremely low specific wear rate of 1.3×10^(−6) mm_(2)/(N·m)under a load of 10 N.展开更多
The extruded plate of powder metallurgy AA2024 aluminum alloy was successfully solid-state joined by friction stir welding(FSW) to demonstrate potential applications in the aerospace and automotive industries. For det...The extruded plate of powder metallurgy AA2024 aluminum alloy was successfully solid-state joined by friction stir welding(FSW) to demonstrate potential applications in the aerospace and automotive industries. For determining the optimal processing parameters of FSW, the microstructure, mechanical properties, and fracture behavior of FSW joints were evaluated. When the processing parameters were optimized with 2000 r/min rotation speed and100 mm/min traverse speed, high quality welds were achieved. The ultimate tensile strength yield strength and elongation of the joint can reach 415 MPa(85% of the base metal strength), 282 MPa, and 9.5%, respectively. The hardness of the joint gradually decreased from the alloy matrix to the heat-affected zone. The lowest strength and hardness appeared near the heat-affected zone because of the over-aging caused by heat flow from repeated stirring during FSW. The average grain size of the stir zone(2.15 μm) was smaller than that of the base metal(4.43 μm) and the heat-affected zone(5.03 μm), whose grains had <110> preferred orientation.展开更多
The high cycle fatigue response of a high V-alloyed powder metallurgy tool steel （AISI 11） with different inclusion sizes was studied. Two materials of this grade at a similar hardness of about HRC 60 were subjected...The high cycle fatigue response of a high V-alloyed powder metallurgy tool steel （AISI 11） with different inclusion sizes was studied. Two materials of this grade at a similar hardness of about HRC 60 were subjected to axial loading fatigue tests, tensile tests and fracture toughness measurements to investigate their mechanical properties. Large inclusion above 70 ~rn is indicated to be responsible for the tensile fracture which happens before yielding. The fatigue strength obtained up to 107 cycles is found to decrease from approximately 1 538 MPa to 1000 MPa with the inclusion size increasing above 30 Izm. The internally induced crack initiation is mainly attributed to the surface compressive residual stress of 300-450 MPa. Fractographic evaluation demonstrates that the crack initiation and propagation controlling factors of the two materials are almost the same, indicating that the two factors would be insignificantly affected by the inclusion size level. Paris sizes of the two materials both show a tendency to decrease as the ratio of stress intensity factor of crack origin to factor of fish-eye increases. The investigation into the relationship between stress intensity factors and fatigue life of the two materials further indicates that the high cycle fatigue behavior of AISI 11 is controlled by crack propagation.展开更多
系统探讨了温度对第四代粉末高温合金FGH4108低周疲劳变形机制的影响。通过在400~850℃温度下开展应变控制低周疲劳(Low-cycle fatigue,LCF)试验,结合扫描电镜(Scanning electron microscopy,SEM)、电子背散射衍射(Electron backscatter...系统探讨了温度对第四代粉末高温合金FGH4108低周疲劳变形机制的影响。通过在400~850℃温度下开展应变控制低周疲劳(Low-cycle fatigue,LCF)试验,结合扫描电镜(Scanning electron microscopy,SEM)、电子背散射衍射(Electron backscatter diffraction,EBSD)和透射电镜(Transmission electron microscopy,TEM)等表征手段,揭示了温度主导下合金从循环硬化向循环软化主导机制的演化过程。结果表明,600℃及以下FGH4108合金表现出显著的循环硬化趋势,700℃以上则发生软化,尤以850℃最为显著。断裂模式由穿晶逐步过渡至沿晶,变形机制亦由基体内位错累积转向位错剪切γ'相及层错、孪晶协同机制。TEM观察显示,高温下γ'相稳定性下降,局部区域出现明显的层错结构及局域γ'剪切行为。EBSD分析表明,600~850℃范围内晶内局部畸变整体分布稳定,表明温度对位错密度影响相对有限。研究结果有助于深入理解FGH4108合金高温疲劳行为的演化机制,为新一代粉末高温合金的服役性能评估与优化设计提供理论支撑。展开更多
基金Project(51625404)supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars,China。
文摘The driving force for using powder metallurgy(PM)mostly relies on its near net-shape ability and cost-performance ratio.The automotive application is a main market of PM industry,requiring parts with competitive mechanical or functional performance in a mass production scale.As the automobile technology transforms from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles to new energy vehicles,PM technology is undergoing significant changes in manufacturing and materials development.This review outlines the challenges and opportunities generated by the changes in the automotive technology for PM.Low-cost,high-performance and light-weight are critical aspects for future PM materials development.Therefore,the studies on PM lean-alloyed steel,aluminum alloys,and titanium alloy materials were reviewed.In addition,PM soft magnetic composite applied to new energy vehicles was discussed.Then new opportunities for advanced processing,such as metal injection molding(MIM)and additive manufacturing(AM),in automotive industry were stated.In general,the change in automotive industry raises sufficient development space for PM.While,emerging technologies require more preeminent PM materials.Iron-based parts are still the main PM products due to their mechanical performance and low cost.MIM will occupy the growing market of highly flexible and complex parts.AM opens a door for fast prototyping,great flexibility and customizing at low cost,driving weight and assembling reduction.
基金Projects(51771237,51704257)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2019JJ60019)supported by the Joint Fund of Hunan Province,ChinaProject(17QDZ25)supported by the School Level Fund of Xiangtan University,China。
文摘Massive vanadium additions as hard phases in powder metallurgy high-speed steels(PM HSS)lead to higher cost and bad machinability.In this study,ultrahigh alloy PM HSS with CPM121(10W-5Mo-4Cr-10V-9Co,wt.%)as the basic composition,was directly compacted and activation sintered with near-full density(>99.0%)using pre-oxidized and ball-mixed element and carbide powders.Niobium-alloyed steels(w(V)+w(Nb)=10 wt.%)show higher hardness and wear resistance,superior secondary-hardening ability and temper resistance.But excess niobium addition(>5 wt.%)leads to coarsened carbides and deteriorated toughness.EPMA results proved that niobium tends to distribute in MC carbides and forces element W to form M6C and WC carbides.Further,the role of rotary forging on properties of niobium-alloyed steels(S3)was researched.After rotary forging with deformation of 40%,the bending strength and fracture toughness of niobium-alloyed steels could be further improved by 20.74%and 43.86%compared with those of sample S3 without rotary forging,respectively.
基金funding from the NATO Agency Science for Peace and Security (#G5787)Ballistic investigations were co-financed by Military University of Technology in Warsaw under research project UGB 829/2023/WATSeparate works made in G.V.Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics of N.A.S.of Ukraine were partially financially supported by N.A.S.of Ukraine within the frames of project#III09-18。
文摘Metal matrix composites tiles based on Ti-6Al-4V(Ti64)alloy,reinforced with 10,20,and 40(vol%)of either TiC or TiB particles were made using press-and-sinter blended elemental powder metallurgy(BEPM)and then bonded together into 3-layer laminated plates using hot isostatic pressing(HIP).The laminates were ballistically tested and demonstrated superior performance.The microstructure and properties of the laminates were analyzed to determine the effect of the BEPM and HIP processing on the ballistic properties of the layered plates.The effect of porosity in sintered composites on further diffusion bonding of the plates during HIP is analyzed to understand the bonding features at the interfaces between different adjacent layers in the laminate.Exceptional ballistic performance of fabricated structures was explained by a significant reduction in the residual porosity of the BEPM products by their additional processing using HIP,which provides an unprecedented increase in the hardness of the layered composites.It is argued that the combination of the used two technologies,BEPM and HIP is principally complimentary for the materials in question with the abilities to solve the essential problems of each used individually.
文摘Die wall lubrication was applied on warm compaction powder metallurgy in hope to reduce the concentration level of the admixed lubricant since lubricant is harmful to the mechanical property of the sintered materials. Iron-based samples were prepared by die wall lubricated warm compaction at 135 ℃ and 175 ℃, using polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) emulsion as die wall lubricant. A compacting pressure of 700 MPa and 550 MPa were used. The admixed lubricant concentration ranging from 0 to 0.6 wt.% was used in this study. Compared with non-die wall lubricated samples, the die wall lubricated samples have higher green densities. Results show that in addition to the decrease in ejection forces, green density of the compacts increased linearly with the decrease in admixed lubricant content. Mechanical property of the sintered compacts increase sharply when the admixed lubricant concentration reduced to 0.125 wt.% or less. Ejection force data indicated that samples with die wall lubrication show lower ejection forces when compared with samples without die wall lubrication. No scoring was observed in all experiments even for samples contain no admixed lubricant. Our results indicated that under experimental condition used in this study, no matter at which compaction pressure, compaction temperature, graphite and lubricant contents in the powder the die wall lubricated warm compaction would give the highest green density and lowest ejection force. It can be concluded that combination of die wall lubrication and warm compaction can provide P/M products with higher density and better quality. It is a feasible way to produce high performance P/M parts if suitable die wall lubrication system was applied.
基金Project(FRF-GF-19-012AZ)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China。
文摘In this work,a novel ultrahigh-strength Al-10Zn-3.5Mg-1.5Cu alloy was fabricated by powder metallurgy followed by hot extrusion.Investigations on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of the fabricated samples were carried out.The results show that the grain size of sintered samples matches with the powder particles after ball milling.The relative densities of sintered and hot extruded samples reach 99.1%and 100%,respectively.Owing to the comprehensive mechanism of grain refinement,aging and dispersion strengthening,the ultimate tensile strength,yield strength and elongation of the Al-10Zn-3.5Mg-1.5Cu alloy after hot extrusion and subsequent heat treatment achieve 810 MPa,770 MPa and 8%,respectively.
基金Project(2016YFB0700300)supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China。
文摘In this study,non-equiatomic Fe_(70)Co_(7.5)Cr_(7.5)Ni_(7.5)V_(7.5) medium-entropy alloys(MEAs)with different carbon contents were prepared via mechanical ball-milling,cold pressing and vacuum sintering.The microstructural evolution,mechanical properties and wear resistance of the MEAs were investigated.Fe_(70)Co_(7.5)Cr_(7.5)Ni_(7.5)V_(7.5) exhibited a bodycentered cubic(bcc)structure withσphase precipitation.After adding 4 at%and 8 at%carbon,the phase composition of the alloys was transformed to bcc+MC+σand bcc+MC+M_(23)C_(6),respectively.The mechanical properties and wear resistance were observed to be significantly enhanced by the formation of carbides.Increasing the carbon content,the corresponding bending strength and hardness increased from 1520 to 3245 MPa and HRC 57.2 to HRC 61.4,respectively.Further,the dominant wear mechanism changed from the adhesion wear to the abrasion wear.Owing to the evenly distributed carbides and precipitated nanocarbides,Fe_(64.4)Co_(6.9)Cr_(6.9)Ni_(6.9)V_(6.9)C_(8) revealed an extremely low specific wear rate of 1.3×10^(−6) mm_(2)/(N·m)under a load of 10 N.
基金Project(92066205) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(JCKY61420052008)supported by the National Defense Science and Technology Key Laboratory Foundation,China+2 种基金Project(311021013)supported by Innovation Group Project of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai),ChinaProject(FRF-MP-20-52) supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,ChinaProject(075-15-2021-612) support from the Government of the Russian Federation。
文摘The extruded plate of powder metallurgy AA2024 aluminum alloy was successfully solid-state joined by friction stir welding(FSW) to demonstrate potential applications in the aerospace and automotive industries. For determining the optimal processing parameters of FSW, the microstructure, mechanical properties, and fracture behavior of FSW joints were evaluated. When the processing parameters were optimized with 2000 r/min rotation speed and100 mm/min traverse speed, high quality welds were achieved. The ultimate tensile strength yield strength and elongation of the joint can reach 415 MPa(85% of the base metal strength), 282 MPa, and 9.5%, respectively. The hardness of the joint gradually decreased from the alloy matrix to the heat-affected zone. The lowest strength and hardness appeared near the heat-affected zone because of the over-aging caused by heat flow from repeated stirring during FSW. The average grain size of the stir zone(2.15 μm) was smaller than that of the base metal(4.43 μm) and the heat-affected zone(5.03 μm), whose grains had <110> preferred orientation.
基金Project(2007BAE51B05)supported by the National Key Technologies Research and Development Program of China
文摘The high cycle fatigue response of a high V-alloyed powder metallurgy tool steel （AISI 11） with different inclusion sizes was studied. Two materials of this grade at a similar hardness of about HRC 60 were subjected to axial loading fatigue tests, tensile tests and fracture toughness measurements to investigate their mechanical properties. Large inclusion above 70 ~rn is indicated to be responsible for the tensile fracture which happens before yielding. The fatigue strength obtained up to 107 cycles is found to decrease from approximately 1 538 MPa to 1000 MPa with the inclusion size increasing above 30 Izm. The internally induced crack initiation is mainly attributed to the surface compressive residual stress of 300-450 MPa. Fractographic evaluation demonstrates that the crack initiation and propagation controlling factors of the two materials are almost the same, indicating that the two factors would be insignificantly affected by the inclusion size level. Paris sizes of the two materials both show a tendency to decrease as the ratio of stress intensity factor of crack origin to factor of fish-eye increases. The investigation into the relationship between stress intensity factors and fatigue life of the two materials further indicates that the high cycle fatigue behavior of AISI 11 is controlled by crack propagation.
文摘系统探讨了温度对第四代粉末高温合金FGH4108低周疲劳变形机制的影响。通过在400~850℃温度下开展应变控制低周疲劳(Low-cycle fatigue,LCF)试验,结合扫描电镜(Scanning electron microscopy,SEM)、电子背散射衍射(Electron backscatter diffraction,EBSD)和透射电镜(Transmission electron microscopy,TEM)等表征手段,揭示了温度主导下合金从循环硬化向循环软化主导机制的演化过程。结果表明,600℃及以下FGH4108合金表现出显著的循环硬化趋势,700℃以上则发生软化,尤以850℃最为显著。断裂模式由穿晶逐步过渡至沿晶,变形机制亦由基体内位错累积转向位错剪切γ'相及层错、孪晶协同机制。TEM观察显示,高温下γ'相稳定性下降,局部区域出现明显的层错结构及局域γ'剪切行为。EBSD分析表明,600~850℃范围内晶内局部畸变整体分布稳定,表明温度对位错密度影响相对有限。研究结果有助于深入理解FGH4108合金高温疲劳行为的演化机制,为新一代粉末高温合金的服役性能评估与优化设计提供理论支撑。
